Richard Anderson Squires
Jean I. [unknown surname]

                                                              +-Richard Anderson SQUIRES
                                                              | b. 18 Jan 1880
                                                              | d. 26 Mar 1940
                                                              | m. 17 Jun 1905
                                                              |
                               +-Richard Anderson SQUIRES-----+
                               | b. May 1909                  |
                               | d. 17 Jun 1942               |
                               |                              +-Helena Emiline STRONG
                               |                                b. 29 Oct 1878
                               |                                d. 21 Mar 1959
                               |
                               +-Jean I. [unknown surname]
Lieutenant Richard Anderson Squires, 2 Armd. Regt., Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), R.C.A.C..
He died on Wednesday, 17th June 1942, Age 31.
He is buried at Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, United Kingdom.
He is listed in the Book of Rememberence, Page 121. (Size 128K)
He is listed at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission web site (reproduction).
Jean died of cancer after Richard was killed in a tank accident. They had no children.

BBC - WW2 People's War - All Tanked Up - Part 6 at http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ww2/A2330470
The Strathcona’s first fatality occurred on 17th June 1942 when, according to a Herald article which was surprisingly uncensored for the time: "Lieutenant Richard Anderson Squires, 2nd Armoured Regiment, Canadian Forces, lost his life as the result of falling from a tank at Ludshott Common. The deceased officer, who was in his 32nd year, was the son of the late Sir Richard Anderson Squires, twice prime minister of Newfoundland." The Straths’ official record adds: "He was our only Newfoundlander, and very popular." He was buried in Brookwood Cemetery.
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